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The Economist

Digital highlights, May 25th 2013

Polished for ChromeRead The Economist on a desktop or laptop computer in an elegant full-screen layout inspired by our tablet apps, using our new app for the Chrome web browser, with full support for touchscreens and audio

An Onion for IndiaFake-news websites and political parody are sweeping India’s English media. “We are in a country that is ridiculous,” explains an ersatz newsman. Some politicians object, but they would have bigger worries if the satire spread to the Indian-language media

The masterpieces of Houghton HallRobert Walpole, Britain’s first prime minister, assembled a collection of paintings by some of Europe’s finest Renaissance and Baroque artists. Long ago sold to Russia, it has returned to Britain for an exhibition, as shown in this video

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“When we talk to a patient, he may have several problems we need to treat. If we use 15 symptoms to categorise the patient as eg, depressed, we throw away the 15 pieces of information that we have gathered. Most people will protest if they feel reduced to a number, but that is what a diagnosis does.” —On “Shrink wrapping”, May 18th 2013